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WORLD OF WARCRAFT®: MISTS OF PANDARIA™ REVEALED AT BLIZZCON® 2011
Fourth expansion to Blizzard Entertainment’s critically acclaimed massively multiplayer online role-playing game reintroduces the mysterious pandaren race to Azeroth
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- October 21, 2011 -- Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced plans for the fourth expansion toWorld of Warcraft®, its award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). Unveiled to a sold-out crowd at the company’s BlizzCon® gaming festival, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria™ lifts the fog of mystery surrounding a long-lost continent that has been newly rediscovered following the events of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm™. The new expansion reintroduces the elusive pandaren, originally seen in Blizzard’s real-time strategy game Warcraft® III, as a playable race and adds a brand-new player class: the martial-arts-focused Monk. While exploring the mysteries of an exotic new land and advancing to the new level cap of 90, players will experience a range of new content and game features, including new quests and dungeons, group scenarios and “challenge” modes, pet battles, and more.
“Players have been asking to see the pandaren in World of Warcraft since the game’s launch, and we’re excited to finally be able to give them a proper re-introduction to Azeroth,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “In addition to the new playable race and class, Mists of Pandaria contains a huge amount of new content, and we’re looking forward to sharing more information about all of it at BlizzCon and beyond.”
In the upcoming expansion, players will be able to explore the long-lost continent of Pandaria, which has remained hidden from the world since the sundering of Azeroth over ten thousand years ago. In the aftermath of the Cataclysm played out in World of Warcraft’s third expansion, Pandaria’s heroes are emerging from their land’s lush forests and cloud-ringed mountains to choose sides in the escalating war between the Alliance and the Horde and to share the extraordinary secrets of their ancient martial arts. As tensions between the factions near a breaking point following the discovery of this new world, players will be called upon to explore Pandaria’s exotic expanses, make contact with its strange indigenous creatures, and unlock the world-changing secrets that have been hiding in the mists for millennia.
New features coming in the game’s fourth expansion include:
New Playable Race -- Pandaren: Adventure through Azeroth as World of Warcraft's first neutral race and decide whether to side with the Alliance or the Horde.
New Playable Class -- Monk: Unlock the secrets of pandaren martial arts and do battle as a damage dealer, healer, or tank.
Level Cap Increased to 90:Learn potent new spells and abilities while exploring uncharted zones and taking on challenging new content.
New Zones:Explore the lush Jade Forest, treacherous Kun-Lai Summit, and other exotic areas of Pandaria designed for high-level characters, and uncover the mystery of the Wandering Isle.
Scenarios: Join up with some friends to achieve a common goal, such as mounting a defense against invading monsters, in a flexible new type of PvE challenge.
Dungeon “Challenge” Modes: Master the ultimate five-player time trial to earn prestige rewards in a new dungeon mode that will put your resolve and coordination to the test.
Pet Battles: Challenge other players’ companion pets with your own collection in a new tactical mini-game, and find out who's king or queen of the pint-sized battlefield.
New Talent System: Customize your character to suit your play style with the newly overhauled and improved talent system.
Color me unimpressed. I don't even play anymore and I feel a bit betrayed.
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Exactly. How many JackBlack name variations will spring up? The only thing that caught my attention was the Monk class. Bought damn time there, Ive said for years they should make a Monk class. Oh well, I wont be going back to find out if its a good class
Good bye World of Warcraft, your reign can finally see the end
Pandarens have been in Warcraft long before Kung Fu Panda. But Blizzard end up putting Panda's in Japanese Samurai armor and royally off the Chinese. Can't have that now. The Chinese boters and gold sellers make up a good chunk of their of their business!
So they put the panda people on the back burner for years and have finally decided to put them back into Warcraft. I suppose the Chinese have finally invaded and conquered. This could be the end of the world... of Warcraft.
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Well someone doesn't appreciate references to one of the best South Park episodes of all time
I actually suspect WoW's time has come. Right now it survives because no one has anything better to play. It lost some users to Rift, but a lot of them went back in the end cause Rift isn't that different from WoW. I suspect that if any MMO can topple the Titan it'll be TOR. We shall see when it releases especially with Blizzard's continued strategy of releasing big content on the release date of new MMO's.
EDIT: I will say though that I won't be shocked if the popularity of Kung Fu Panda inspired this eventually release and the depiction of the Pandarens, but the style of Kung Fu Panda isn't exactly novel in Chinese fiction/art.
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LordofHats wrote:Well someone doesn't appreciate references to one of the best South Park episodes of all time
I actually suspect WoW's time has come. Right now it survives because no one has anything better to play. It lost some users to Rift, but a lot of them went back in the end cause Rift isn't that different from WoW. I suspect that if any MMO can topple the Titan it'll be TOR. We shall see when it releases especially with Blizzard's continued strategy of releasing big content on the release date of new MMO's.
Whats TOR?
I tried Rift, didnt like it. Felt closer to Warhammer Online than WoW
The Old Republic, as in Star Wars. EA has made some stupid decisions pertaining to the release though so I'm still holding my breath. I've got the popcorn stashed away. Should be a good show either way
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It carefully removed all the terrible, terrible voice acting and cliched sayings, and replaced it all with a meme, but it worked for me. I can't watch the original anymore.
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Prestor Jon wrote: Because children don't have any legal rights until they're adults. A minor is the responsiblity of the parent and has no legal rights except through his/her legal guardian or parent.
LunaHound wrote:Nooo I dont want to be tempted by trailers.
Last time i did that i bought Warhammer Online.
Its a real shame the game play and PVP was awful, but the characters were REALLY WELL MADE.
I love been able to play as Goblin Squig Rider lol
Honestly, my rule is that I want 1 hour of game time for every $1. Even if a game turns out not to be as good as I wanted, if I get that time to my money, it was worth it. I payed $120 (about) on Rift including my subscription time, but I played it for around 270 hours. I didn't like it as much as I'd have liked, but it was worth it
LunaHound wrote:Nooo I dont want to be tempted by trailers.
Last time i did that i bought Warhammer Online.
Its a real shame the game play and PVP was awful, but the characters were REALLY WELL MADE.
I love been able to play as Goblin Squig Rider lol
Honestly, my rule is that I want 1 hour of game time for every $1. Even if a game turns out not to be as good as I wanted, if I get that time to my money, it was worth it. I payed $120 (about) on Rift including my subscription time, but I played it for around 270 hours. I didn't like it as much as I'd have liked, but it was worth it
LunaHound wrote:Nooo I dont want to be tempted by trailers.
Last time i did that i bought Warhammer Online.
Its a real shame the game play and PVP was awful, but the characters were REALLY WELL MADE.
I love been able to play as Goblin Squig Rider lol
The one positive I usually heard (and have said myself) about WAR was the PvP. I'm not usually that big into PvP but had a lot of fun with it in WAR. The main complaints were the PvE content (or lack there of) and bugs. Goblin Squig Herder was a lot of fun, even if you ride inside a giant squig instead of on it.
I thought the "ripping off Kung Fu Panda" was supposed to be ironic and sly commentary on all the "Warhammer ripped off Warcraft" postings.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
I thought the goblins were bad enough but now this?
Pok e mon meets Kung fu Panda with a "Free" Diablo III when you buy a year's subscription. On another note, isn't Age of Reckoning going to add Nippion or Cathay?
Fields of War is a fantasy turn based strategy game that uses the innovative command system in place of more traditional turn structures.
http://fieldsofwar.blogspot.com/
Also on the TOR front, it's good to see the class I intended to try (Warrior) turns into a Juggernaut.
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Prestor Jon wrote: Because children don't have any legal rights until they're adults. A minor is the responsiblity of the parent and has no legal rights except through his/her legal guardian or parent.
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off the Chinese. Can't have that now. The Chinese boters and gold sellers make up a good chunk of their of their business!
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